Paper box



June 7, 1927. I

c. H. KAPPES PAPER BOX Filed Jan. 22, 1923 Patented June 7, 1827.

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CARL H. KAPPES, OF NEW YO, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO EBERHARD FABER PENCIL 00.,

F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A. CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

rerun Box.

Application filed January 22, 1923. Serial N0. 614,062.

This invention relates to paper boxes of the slide-type comprising a tubular cover section and a body section slidable in said cover section and having a hinged end and closure flap to permit access tothe box, and is specially adapted for boxesof shallow depth and extended length, such as is required for lead pencils, and similar objects, arranged in a single layer. i

The invention has for one of its objects to construct a paper box of the kind specified, strong and light in construction, and which embodies a novel and improved construction and combination of the body section and the cover section which afit'ordsg e'asy access to the contents of the box and enables such contents to be displayed without completely opening the box and by merely sliding one end of the body section from one end of the cover section.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for reinforcing such a box at the portion where strength is most required, without extending said reinforcing means 2 throughout the entire box, thereby producing a strong serviceable box with a minimum amount of material.

With the foregoingand other objects in view, hereinafter stated, the invention consists of the construction described herein and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing theinvention in its preferred form, but other modifications thereof may be "employed without departing from the general construction and mode of operation herein illustrated-and described.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference numerals indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Fig. 1 is a front perspective view, partly broken away, of a box embodying my invention, showing the outer tubular section ar-' ranged at the upper section of the box;

Fig. 2 is a front perspective view, partly broken away, of the device embodying the invention with the outer tubular section arranged in a position at the lower section of the box;

Fig. 3 is a rear perspective View of the device shown in Fig. 1, with both ends of the inner or body section projecting beyond the outer tubular section;

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section take on the line 4'4 "of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section, partly broken away, taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4; and v Fig. 6 is a plan of a blank used for making the inner or body section of the box.

As illustrated in the drawings, 1 represents a rectangular tubular outer section, within which there is mounted a body section having a bottom 2, end walls 3, and side walls 4.

Flaps 5 and 6 are connected respectively with one of each of the end walls 3, and the fiap 5 is provided with side flanges 7. The side walls 4 are extended at one end beyond the margin of the bottom so as to form small flaps 8.

These several parts comprising the body section are preferably formed from one integral blank, and are adapted to be bent and ofiset from their adjacent parts by means of score lines 9, which form creases or flexible joints between said parts.

When the several parts of the blank forming the body section, as shown in Fig. 6, are bent into their normal position, the end walls 3 and side walls 4 extend at right angles to the bottom 2, and the small flaps 8 are bent inward to extend at right angles to the walls 4.

When the ends 3, side walls 4, and the small flaps 8, are in such position, the flaps 5 and 6 are folded over parallel with the bottom 2, the flanges 7 being bent at right angles to the flap 5 so as to overlap and reinforce the side walls 4 of the tray. The flap 6 when in normal position overlaps the edges of the inturned small flaps 8 and holds said flaps against the end wall 3 adjacent thereto.

The combined length of the flaps 6 and 5 is less than the length of the bottom 2, as shown in Fig. 5. The flap 5 may be of one halfthe length of the bottom 2, or longer, so as to enable the flap 6 to be reduced in length, and at the same time leave a space Eetween the inner ends of the respective 100 aps.

By reducing the length of the flap 6 and drawing outward from the tubular casing that end of the body section, the contents of the box may be readily displayed in a 105 store or show case, as shown in Fig. 2, and when in actual use such construction pro vides easy access to and removal of the contents of the box.

The length of the outer tubular section 110 1 is less than that of the tray, being about half the length of the tray, as shown in Fig. 3, which permits the end of the body section having the flap 6 to be readily extended into the position shown in Fig. 2 when the outer casing encloses the opposite lower end of the body section. In this position one end of the tubular cover section 1 is flush with the closed end of the tray section; Thus when the box is used for the display of pencils or other relatively heavy articles, the cover section 1 when in the position shown in Figure 2 provides a substantial brace or support for the tray and its contents.

When in such position, the outer member 1 reinforces that part of the bodysection that is not exposed, as shown in Fig. 2.

By means of such construction a strong box is produced, having a minimum amount of material, thereby insuring economy in the cost of construction, and reinforced at that end of the box that is grasped by the hand, when the box is in use, and which is in consequence subjected to the greatest strain, at the same time providing easy access to such contents and adapting the contents to be readily displayed when on sale, or when in actual use. Such construction, moreover, provides a box that has all the advantages of a telescoping box, without the disadvantage of increasing the length of the box as a whole when the parts are extended relatively to each other.

What I claim as new and desirto secure by Letters Patent is:

A packing and display box for pencils and the like, comprising a box member formed from a single blank, comprising a body portion having side flaps, a bottom covering flap integral with the body portion, and having side flaps, the corresponding side flaps of the body and covering flap overlapping for stiffening the box longitudinally,

a top covering flap, hinged to the body portion at the other end of the blank, the total length of the two covering flaps being less than the length of the body portion, whereby a display opening is formed near the middle of the box,and a tubular cover slidable over the box member, the tubular cover being about half as .long as the box mem ber, whereby it willcover the display opening, or may he slid to the bottom end of the box member for uncovering the display opening and releasing the top covering flap for displaying the goods.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name hereunder.

CARL H. KAPPES. 

